Ontario reports nearly 800 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths
Ontario is reporting 793 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, the second straight day counts are in the 700s as cases continue to rise week over week. The provincial case total now stands at 610,222.
For comparison, last Friday saw 598 new cases and the previous Friday saw 563. All three Friday’s saw similar testing volumes in the 30,000 range.
Of the 793 new cases recorded, the data showed 385 were unvaccinated people, 22 were partially vaccinated people, 323 were fully vaccinated people and for 63 people the vaccination status was unknown.
According to Friday’s report, 115 cases were recorded in Toronto, 71 in Simcoe-Muskoka, 60 in York Region, 55 in Windsor-Essex, 54 in Peel Region and 41 in Hamilton. All other local public health units reported fewer than 40 new cases in the provincial report.
The death toll in the province has risen to 9,959 as four more deaths were reported.
As of 8 p.m. on Thursday, 13,897 vaccines (5,027 for a first shot and 8,870 for a second shot) were administered in the last day.
There are more than 11.1 million people fully immunized with two doses, which is 85.8 per cent of the eligible (12 and older) population. First dose coverage stands at 88.9 per cent.
Meanwhile, 595,169 Ontario residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19, which is around 97 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 567 from the previous day.
Active cases in Ontario now stand at 5,094 — up from the previous day when it was at 4,872, and is up from Nov. 12 when it was at 4,400. At the peak of the second wave coronavirus surge in January, active cases hit just above 30,000. In the third wave in April, active cases topped 43,000.
The seven-day average has now reached 625, which is up from the week prior when it was 537. A month ago, the seven-day average was around 400.
The government said 30,515 tests were processed in the previous 24 hours. There are 11,899 tests currently under investigation.
Test positivity hit 2.6 per cent. Last week, test positivity was at 2.5 per cent.
Ontario reported 269 people in general hospital wards with COVID-19 (down by 9 from the previous day) with 128 patients in intensive care units (down by one) and 107 patients in intensive care units on a ventilator (up by three).
In the third wave peak, which was the worst wave for hospitalizations, the province saw as many as 900 patients in ICUs with COVID and almost 2,400 in general hospital wards.
For those in general hospital wards with COVID, 95 were unvaccinated, 13 were partially vaccinated and 64 were fully vaccinated. For those in ICUs, 55 were unvaccinated while 6 were partially vaccinated and 12 were fully vaccinated.
Provincial officials noted this new dataset with vaccination status for hospitalizations will grow and improve over time as more information is collected. There may also be a discrepancy due to how and when the information for both is collected.
Here is a breakdown of the total cases in Ontario by gender and age:
Here is a breakdown of the total deaths related to COVID-19 by age:
Meanwhile, government figures show there are currently 599 out of 4,844 schools in Ontario with at least one COVID-19 case.
On Friday, Ontario reported 109 new COVID-19 cases in schools — with 101 among students, 7 among staff and one individual was not identified. The data was collected between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday afternoon — a 24-hour period.
There are 1,242 active infections among both students and staff, compared with 1,200 active cases reported the previous day.
Seven schools are closed as a result of positive cases.
According to the Ontario Ministry of Long-Term Care, there have been 3,824 deaths reported among residents and patients in long-term care homes across Ontario, which is unchanged since the previous day. Thirteen virus-related deaths in total have been reported among staff.
There are three current outbreaks in homes, an increase of one from the previous day.
The ministry also indicated there are currently two active cases among long-term care residents and 8 active cases among staff — unchanged and up by four, respectively, in the last day.
by Global News
